US departure was filled with vengefulness and hatred towards Afghans: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar

Asked about what kind of a society will he want to see in Afghanistan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar categorically said that it should be a free, independent, non-aligned, war-free Afghanistan that should have a government representative of "our Muslim and national values". 

New Delhi: One of the oldest faces of Afghanistan’s struggle, former Prime Minister and chief of the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) party Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who returned from exile in 2016, has supported dialogue and elections to decide the next Afghan government. The 72-year-old, who is participating in discussions with Taliban leaders, is known to have deep and well-established links with Pakistan’s intelligence agencies. The veteran Afghan leader spoke to an Indian news channel, and talked in detail about the roles of Pakistan, China and his role in the formation of the current regime under Taliban.  Hekmatyar, who is currently one of the oldest faces of Afghanistan’s struggle, has witnessed three consecutive superpowers invade Afghanistan in the past century - the British, the Soviet Union and the United States of America, said that the forces of these nations entered Afghanistan at the peak of their power but they failed to achieve any of their strategic goals and had to withdraw with their heads hanging in shame.